Graphite.md

Scaling Graphite

When scaling the first bottlenecks to run into are

• CPU usage: Python based relay and cache use lots of CPU for parsing

  • Solve by switching to compiled versions for example
    • go-carbon
    • carbon-c-relay

• CPU usage: When running relays and caches on the same host

  • Decouple on different hosts

Graphite Replacements

When you scale beyond Graphite

• InfluxDB can ingest Graphite Traffic
• M3DB allows you to continue to use Graphite Queries against its TSDB
• Replacing Graphite with Prometheus